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Meaning of प्रहार in English

  • A blow; a stroke.
  • The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
  • Force; power; -- esp. in the phrase by dint of.
  • To make a mark or cavity on or in, by a blow or by pressure; to dent.
  • To confer knighthood upon; as, the king dubbed his son Henry a knight.
  • To invest with any dignity or new character; to entitle; to call.
  • To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
  • To strike, rub, or dress smooth; to dab;
  • To dress with an adz; as, to dub a stick of timber smooth.
  • To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.
  • To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of cyrrying it.
  • To prepare for fighting, as a gamecock, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.
  • To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
  • A blow.
  • A pool or puddle.
  • To thrust; to stab; to punch. See Job, v. t.
  • A thrust or stab.
  • A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and pokeweed. The root and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine.
  • A bag; a sack; a pocket.
  • A long, wide sleeve; -- called also poke sleeve.
  • To thrust or push against or into with anything pointed; hence, to stir up; to excite; as, to poke a fire.
  • To thrust with the horns; to gore.
  • To put a poke on; as, to poke an ox.
  • To search; to feel one's way, as in the dark; to grope; as, to poke about.
  • The act of poking; a thrust; a jog; as, a poke in the ribs.
  • A lazy person; a dawdler; also, a stupid or uninteresting person.
  • A contrivance to prevent an animal from leaping or breaking through fences. It consists of a yoke with a pole inserted, pointed forward.
  • The sound made by the sudden fall or blow of a heavy body, as of a hammer, or the like.
  • A blow or knock, as with something blunt or heavy; a heavy fall.
  • To strike or beat with something thick or heavy, or so as to cause a dull sound.
  • To give a thump or thumps; to strike or fall with a heavy blow; to pound.
  • To strike with something flat or heavy; to bang, or thrash: to thump.
  • To fill to overflow.
  • A heavy blow with something flat or heavy; a thump.
  • A sudden thrust or pass, as with a sword.
  • To make a lunge.
  • To cause to go round in a ring, as a horse, while holding his halter.
  • Same as Namaycush.

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